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BrooklynPaper.comBrooklynPaper.com • (771818) 262600–2500 • BrooklBrooklyn,yn, NNYY • ©20©201818 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Williamsburg & Greenpoint 14 pages • Vol. 41, No. 14 • April 6–12, 2018 • FREE DON’T EAT THE FISH What lies beneath... Signs will warn Gowanus anglers about health hazards of catch By Julianne Cuba Brooklyn Paper There’s something alive in there! They’re schooling fishers! Cleaning our New signs warning anglers about the By Julianne Cuba goes for $10.99 a pound at the Fair- dangers of eating marine life caught in Waterways Brooklyn Paper way supermarket in Red Hook, ac- the fetid Gowanus Canal will soon line The federal officials in charge of cording to its online inventory . But the toxic waterway after members of a officials caution that only men older cleansing the toxic Gowanus Canal an- neighborhood-advisory group asked the The new placards will list about 15 nounced they will install signs warn- than 15 and non-pregnant women older Feds overseeing its cleanup to put up a fish and shellfish, including the Ameri- ing of the health risks that creatures than 50 should eat any hooked in the dozen placards in English and Spanish Gowanus — and no more than once can eel, gizzard shad, striped bass, and of the deep caught in the waterway at prime casting spots. a month. blue crab, that allegedly are found in pose to anglers. And those who think “We ask that such warnings be placed marine life can’t survive in the fetid Brooklyn’s Nautical Purgatory — where Black sea bass in reasonably likely fishing locations other sea creatures including the young channel that has claimed the lives of and at each public-access location where dolphins and whales — where one Local seafood slinger Greenpoint minke whale “Sludgie” and a dolphin Fish and Lobster Co. describes this people can easily make physical contact met their early ends after getting trapped fisher claimed to hook a three-eyed with the canal,” locals in the Gowanus specimen — might be surprised to fish — which it sells for $12.99 a pound in the channel — and warn locals that and is known to shimmy beneath Community Advisory Group wrote in anything caught in its toxic waters could know just how many living things al- a letter to the Environmental Protec- legedly thrive in its murky waters. the canal’s surface — contain chemicals that are dangerous to as “mild-tast- tion Agency bigwig in charge of the eat, particularly for women and chil- Here’s a list of some fish swimming ongoing cleanse. ing.” Men dren, according to drafts obtained by in the canal that locals may also rec- The state’s Departments of Health 15 and File photo by Erin Lefevre the Brooklyn Paper. ognize from restaurant menus or their and Environmental Conservation typ- neighborhood market’s seafood sec- older and The Environmental Protection Agency is installing new signs that warn One warning, for instance, cautions non-preg- ically handle the task of hanging no- tion: tices related to fish consumption along local anglers about the dangers of eating seafood caught in the Gow- that men older than 15 and women older nant women older than 50 can indulge anus Canal, where intrepid locals have been known to fish, canoe — than 50 can safely munch on up to six blue Blue crab in locally caught specimens from the bodies of water. But because the canal filled with noxious sludge, tampons, and swim — despite its rancid reputation. crabs per week, but that ladies younger These crus- Gowanus Canal up to four times a than 50 — especially those bearing child taceans found month, according to officials. poop , and dead cats — as well as with apparently edible creatures of the deep who polluted Brooklyn’s Nautical Pur- And now that the cleanup is un- — and kids younger than 15 should not in Brooklyn’s risk taking a single bite. Nautical Pur- Porgy — is a federal Superfund site, protec- gatory — including the city and utility derway, members of the neighbor- This species — which the Green- tion-agency leaders can fast-track the company National Grid — must foot the hood group demanded signs in both But the draft signs curiously do not gatory — address the health risks of consuming which men point restaurant and market hawks production of the advisories, according bill for the warnings. languages featuring universally un- for more than $20 per fish — is also to the scrub’s steward. “The state prepared a format, it is the derstood graphics in order to inform three-eyed fish such as the specimen over 15-years-old and non-preg- one angler claimed to hook in the Gow- nant women over 50 can eat up to among the chan- “It is a Superfund site, so the EPA has expert on the health issues — so once more people of potential fishing haz- nel’s marine life jurisdiction to produce signs, which is an we get the CAG’s input then I will ask ards after the city plastered less specific anus Canal in 2015. six times per week, according to En- And elsewhere on Brooklyn’s Nau- vironmental Protection Agency and and, similar easier process than going through state the parties responsible for the contam- warnings near the waterway’s sewer tical Purgatory, the slow-going dredg- New York State officials — also fea- to the black- agencies,” said Christos Tsiamis. ination,” he said. outfalls — which release excess storm ture as ingredients in dishes such as sea bass, can Federal and state officials worked Line casters who dare drop hooks into water and sewage into the canal dur- ing-and-capping pilot program that the jumbo lump crab cakes served by make an appro- together to create a draft placard that the canal’s murky abyss must first obtain ing heavy rainfall — and by the pop- got stuck in the mud in January due Kings County’s eponymous seafood priate meal for non- is now being reviewed by the neigh- a $25 permit from the state and sign up ular fishing spot at the nearby Colum- to equipment-related setbacks kicked shack, Brooklyn Crab . pregnant women 50 and older and borhood group, according to Tsiamis, with its recreational-marine-fishing reg- bia Street pier in Red Hook. off on March 22, according to Tsiamis, men over 15-years-old no more than who discussed the request at a March istry if they are 16 or older, but aspiring “As dredging begins, there’s a strong who said he expects the process of re- Striped bass four times a month if reeled in from 27 meeting with the locals and said it anglers 15-years-old or younger can fish sense that there should be enough so moving chemical-filled sediment from The fish (top) known by its cross- the canal, according to federal and is ultimately up to his agency and the for free without registering, according that people are aware,” said Commu- a portion of the canal’s floor before cov- body stripes that run from gills to tail state leaders. state to decide how many signs go up to information from the Environmen- nity Advisory Group member Marlene ering it with a protective layer to wrap and where to hang them, and that those tal Conservation Department. Donnelly. sometime in June.

MEAN Streets Leading the way Brooklyn’s boulevard City giving cyclists head start at intersections battle lines directions — this spring. By Julianne Cuba And a local councilman known Brooklyn Paper PLUS: POLICE PARKING POSES PROBLEM to cruise streets on his own two- And they’re off! wheeler — whose district includes Cyclists can now start pedaling FOR FOURTH AVENUE BIKE LANE many of the Fourth Avenue inter- through some Kings County in- SEE PAGE 6 sections where cyclists can start tersections 10 seconds before the pedaling before motorists pump the gas — cheered the launch of drivers next to them, city transit before drivers head out.” lowing people to move before ve- the program as the start of a pro- leaders announced last week at one The Department of Transporta- hicle traffic starts driving in the cess that he hopes will end with of those junctures in Boerum Hill. tion is installing “cyclists use pe- same direction. The head start, which already ex- leading-pedestrian intervals for destrian signal” signs at 19 Kings The Brooklyn signs giving pedal pushers at crossings city- ists for pedestrians at more than County intersections — includ- cyclists that same advantage are 2,000 crosswalks across the five wide. ing at Atlantic Avenue and Smith among a total of 50 being rolled “As an avid bike rider, I under-

boroughs, makes it safer for bike Photo by Caroline Ourso riders because it allows motor- Street and along Fourth Avenue out at junctures across the city as stand the dangers of bicycling in at Dean, 18th, 19th, 21st, 29th, part of a seven-month pilot program Transit gurus stood before the sign stating “cyclists use pedestrian signal” after they in- ists to see them before they put stalled it in Boerum Hill. New York City, especially at inter- pedal to metal, according to a lo- 30th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 40th, announced on March 27, during sections,” said Councilman Carlos cal civic guru. 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 59th, 62nd, which Transportation Department Menchaca (D–Sunset Park), who in “It allows someone on a bike to and 63rd streets — where the head bigwigs will collect data they will next steps,” said Sean Quinn. Department, which still requires city’s Vision Zero initiative. 2016 introduced now-stalled legis- get into a driver’s field of vision,” starts, or so-called Leading Pe- then use to formulate more perma- And some statistics already two-wheelers to yield to people on The Transportation Department lation to create similar head starts said Eric McClure, the head of destrian Intervals, are already nent traffic-flow fixes, according prove a head start can save a life two feet in any crosswalk. is bringing the head starts for cy- for bikers across the city. “This pi- Community Board 6’s Transpor- available to those traversing the to the head of the agency’s bicycle — a 2016 study found the num- In 2017, 22 people suffered inju- clists to Fourth Avenue as it begins lot program is a good step in the tation Committee, who also runs pavement on foot. At these inter- and pedestrian programs. ber of fatalities dropped by more ries in crashes at the Kings County to install long-awaited bike lanes right direction. I look forward to the street-safety group StreetsPAC. sections, the walk signal for pedes- “We will be watching the results than half at intersections equipped intersections in the pilot program, on a Park Slope–to–Bay Ridge hopefully having LPIs for bicy- “Just a significant improvement — trians appears seven-to-11-seconds closely, and measuring the various with leading-pedestrian intervals, five of whom were pedestrians or stretch of the road — from 65th clists implemented permanently gives pedestrians and bikers time before a red light turns green , al- impacts of the pilot to determine according to the Transportation cyclists, according to data from the Street to Atlantic Avenue in both in New York City.”

Camille Casaretti, the head of the Changing Community Education Council for District 15, which includes schools Locals: Fight the tower! in parts of Boerum Hill. “We have Brooklyn not received one positive comment about this project from the 30,000 Opposing megadevelopment in Boerum Hill uses money from builders to erect families that we represent.” public schools in new developments And other critics pointed out By Julianne Cuba the neighborhood, at Community will create in partnership with af- at no cost to the city — gave the proj- that the schools may struggle to Brooklyn Paper Board 2’s meeting kicking off the fordable-housing builder the Fifth ect a thumbs up, claiming it would recruit students because the class- It’s F-A-R too big! city’s Uniform Land Use Review Avenue Committee. help alleviate overcrowding in the rooms will be completed long be- The builders proposing a mas- Procedure for 80 Flatbush — a proj- But in order to build the skyscrap- local district by providing a net gain fore the entire development is fin- sive development nearly three times ect by real-estate company Alloy De- ers, bigwigs at the luxury real-estate of 164 elementary-school seats, ac- ished, forcing young minds to put the size of what can currently go up velopment that calls for construct- firm must get the city to approve cording to an Education Depart- up with ongoing construction for on a Boerum Hill lot shouldn’t even ing 38- and 74-story high-rises as a rezoning that would nearly tri- ment rep. at least three years. bother breaking out their shovels, part of a five-building complex on a ple the plot’s allowable “floor-area But many of the locals at the “Living through years of noise, according to one pol who blasted the lot bounded by Flatbush and Third ratio” — a measurement abbrevi- meeting laughed that claim off, the school will most likely lose a lot plan at the first meeting of its public- avenues and State and Schermer- ated as FAR that determines how arguing that even if there are ex- of enrollment,” said Fort Greener review process on March 28. horn streets. hefty a structure can be relative to tra seats, all of them will likely go Lucy Koteen. “Who will want to “This project should be dead The development will also in- the size of the land it is on — to 18 to kids of wealthier families who send their kids there?” on arrival,” Public Advocate Tish clude a new home for the already from its current designation of 6.5. move into the swanky digs because A slew of reps for other pols in- James, who lives in nearby Clinton on-site Khalil Gibran International The builder’s desired floor-area ra- the so-called affordable apartments cluding Assemblywoman Jo Anne Hill, said during the hearing inside School, which educators claim lacks tio is also 33 percent larger than the inside the taller tower won’t be ready Simon, state Sen. Velmanette Mont- the auditorium at St. Francis College much-needed resources in its current citywide floor-area ratio cap of 12 until 2025 — three years after the gomery, and Assemblyman Walter in Brooklyn Heights, which was so crumbling facility; a new 350-seat for residential complexes with af- shorter high-rise’s 250 luxury units Mosely — whose districts all in- Alloy Development/Luxigon Alloy packed that organizers turned some elementary school; cultural, office, fordable housing, according to the are completed. clude Boerum Hill — joined James Local pols and residents slammed the rezoning application people away. and retail space; and 900 housing Department of Buildings. “The current proposal will not al- in expressing opposition to the tow- proposed by the builder behind 80 Flatbush, arguing the James joined more than 200 peo- units within the two towers — 200 Leaders of the Department of leviate but likely exacerbate both the ers. But a rep attending on behalf megadevelopment has no place in Boerum Hill at the first of ple, most of whom also charged the of which will be permanent, below- Education and that agency’s Educa- current student-overcrowding issue of local Councilman Stephen Levin several meetings in its citywide public-review process. super-sized scheme has no place in market-rate apartments that Alloy tional Construction Fund — which and the school-equity issue,” said See TOWER on page 6 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 6–12, 2018 All you need is... 100% PLANT-BASED BURGER AWESOMENESS

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By Julianne Cuba and their neighbors will be Golden (R–Bay Ridge) and Brooklyn Paper spared from the massive head- Simcha Felder (D–Midwood) It’s full speed ahead! ache that heavy big-rig traffic then tried to tie authorization State pols late on March 30 on side streets would cause, of the streamlined procedure passed their much-anticipated according to Kavanagh, who with putting armed cops in budget with a provision au- earlier this year rallied to de- every school across the city , thorizing use of the stream- mand the process with As- worrying some of their col- lined design-build process in semblywoman Jo Anne Si- leagues who feared the pack- the city-led reconstruction of mon (D–Brooklyn Heights) age deal would present an im- the derelict Brooklyn–Queens and other advocates. passable roadblock. Expressway — a green light “We must do everything That proposal, however, that should evoke cheers from FIXING we can to ensure that while did not make the budget now locals and motorists across the we’re rebuilding the BQE, we awaiting Cuomo’s signature, five boroughs, according to aren’t destroying our neigh- which green-lights design- an advocate. the BQE borhoods in the process,” he build without any inextrica- “This is a major victory for said. “Design-build ensures ble conditions, but mandates iting separate offers for each Brooklynites, Staten Island- trucks are kept off local roads the city get the state Transpor- part of the fix. ers, and anyone who drives and stay on highways, where tation Department’s approval on the BQE,” said Brooklyn Consolidating the phases they belong.” at three points throughout the Heights state Sen. Brian Ka- will shave about $100 million In January, Gov. Cuomo process — a fairly customary vanagh, who pushed for au- from the repair’s total $1.9-bil- unveiled his initial draft of the requirement, according to a thorization of design-build lion price tag, according to de- fiscal plan without including rep for Kavanagh. in Albany. “It’s an exam- sign-build proponents, who design-build for the express- Local transit officials ex- Know who to ple of government stepping claim the process will also way repair , and his second at- pect to release their draft en- up to protect New Yorkers, cut at least two years from tempt at the budget released vironmental-impact statement and to keep our communi- the job’s timeline, allowing it in February also lacked the on the expressway rehabili- ties safe.” to end before 2026, the year authorization. tation this summer, prior to The okay gives the local when transit experts warned But later that month, the conducting additional public Department of Transportation they would have to boot the governor signaled his sup- hearings in order to finalize call when you permission to solicit one bid thousands of trucks that travel port for the process in a let- the statement by early next for the design and construc- the decaying triple cantilever ter penned to local officials, year. And if all goes according tion phases of its project to daily down local streets in or- going on to call design-build to plan, repair work could now repair a three-tiered, 1.5- der to prevent its collapse. “essential” to the looming in- begin as early as 2021 with the mile stretch of the express- And with design-build au- frastructure fix. authorization of design-build, smell gas. way from Atlantic Avenue to thorization now in the budget, A trio of Albany lawmakers according to Transportation Sands Street, instead of solic- Brooklyn Heights residents including state Sens. Marty Department leaders. ON THE RADIO: Natural gas emergencies can happen State Sen. talks budget, BQE anywhere, anytime, and it’s up to you By Moses Jefferson fore the voting occurred,” and even pondered one such and your nose to help. Brooklyn Paper he said. “So there was quite plan for a golf tournament On the latest episode of a scramble to figure out ex- in Binghamton, claiming it BPR, state Sen. Brian Ka- actly what is going on in these wasn’t as important as funding vanagh updated Vince bills.” for schools in Brooklyn. DiMiceli and Anthony Ro- But one thing we know for “Pork is in the eye of the tunno on what it’s like pass- sure is that the governor has beholder,” he said. ing a state budget in the mid- approved a way to speed up All that and much, much dle of the night. the rebuilding of the Brook- more on Brooklyn Paper Ra- Kavanagh (D–Brooklyn lyn-Queens Expressway by dio — right now. If you smell gas, call 911 or Heights), who replaced Daniel allowing the so-called “de- Brooklyn Paper Radio is Squadron in the seat late last sign-build” process, which recorded and podcast live year, complained that things will let one contractor design State Sen. 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ran off with $830, officials his girlfriend after they at- him good on the face. 84TH PRECINCT Not so sweet! Bounced A yahoo swiped hundreds said. tacked each other inside Police picked up the A lout swindled a 31st Brooklyn Heights– of dollars from a Joralemon Park piranhas POLICE BLOTTER their Dean Street apartment 22-year-old man that day, Street resident out of $1,700 on March 24, and then ran charging him with misde- Dumbo–Boerum Hill– Street candy store after threat- A group of miscreants beat on March 19 when he wrote on foot to the 78th Precinct meanor assault. Downtown ening to shoot its employees a guy up near Brooklyn Bridge Find more online every Wednesday at her a bogus check — and then station house. A snake hurled a salt-and- on March 28, cops said. Park on March 29, authori- BrooklynPaper.com/blotter Wheel crime requested she wire some of The woman, 20, told cops pepper shakers at a guy in a The victims told police the ties said. A thief stole a man’s bike the money back to him, the Gold Street bodega on March savage walked into the store her lover, 25, bit her on the he locked up outside a Grand victim reported to police on The 33-year-old victim told The baddie smashed the March 29, cops said. 26, police said. near Court Street and waited face inside their apartment be- Army Plaza library on March March 26. police he was walking toward glass security gate with a The 15-year-old told police The victim told authorities for everyone to leave before the meadow near Joralemon tween Carlton and Vanderbilt 19. The woman, who lives be- rock to get into the facility he was near DeKalb Avenue the villain threw the season- demanding they open the reg- Street around 9:40 pm when avenues at 12:30 pm. The victim told police he tween Fourth and Fifth ave- on Flushing Avenue sometime at 3:45 pm when the creep fol- ing-filled vessels at the left ister around 8 pm, showing four or five snakes came up The boyfriend, on the other parked his bike on the plaza nues, told cops she received between March 29 around 6 lowed him and snatched his side of his face, causing a what appeared to be a gun, to him and said they would hand, claimed she slapped at noon, and returned later to the faux check for $2,450 bruise, inside the bodega be- and saying “open the regis- am and a little before 7 am the iPhone from his back pocket him, but both told police find his ride stolen. for a business deal, and the rough him up unless he gave next day, police said. tween Concord and Tillary ter cuz I don’t wanna have to them his belongings. The vic- and then ran into the green they fled each other to the — Colin Mixson perp contacted her soon after The cur, who could have streets around 3 pm, after he kill her for money.” tim ran to the park but the space. station house on Sixth Ave- claiming he wrote the check been a former employee fired asked for the jerk’s identifi- The brute then pushed the baddies caught up with him The baddie told the teen nue, where officers decided for more money than he meant two months ago, swiped thou- 76TH PRECINCT cation card. victims into a back room and and one punched him in the he had a gun but didn’t dis- the best thing to do was to to, and requested she wire him sands worth of tools, includ- face, cops said. play one, according to offi- arrest both of them for mis- Carroll Gardens– the difference of $1,719 in re- ing a hammer and drill, and cers. — Julianne Cuba demeanor assault. Cobble Hill–Red Hook turn. The woman did, but two spray painted a bunch of cloth- Affordable Family Dentistry 88TH PRECINCT No glass Baltic baddie days later, the original check ing and food containers, ac- 78TH PRECINCT bounced, police said. cording to authorities. Some jerk shattered a A brute punched and in modern pleasant surroundings Fort Greene–Clinton Hill window of a woman’s car kicked a man on Baltic Street Phoned in No respect Bye, bye, bicycle Park Slope State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Sick details she parked opposite a zoo on March 22. A thief stole a package Emergencies treated promptly A knave socked a senior A baddie stole a guy’s on March 21. The victim told cops he was with a Samsung S9 phone in the face inside a train sta- electric bike parked on Ful- Police cuffed a 15-year- The victim told police she walking between Bond and Special care for children & anxious patients inside that was delivered to tion near Flatbush Avenue on ton Street while he was mak- old boy for spray-painting the left her car on Flatbush Av- Hoyt streets at 9 pm when a 49th Street home on March WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD March 27, police said. ing deliveries on March 26, words “spaz” and “hicle” on enue at 8 am, and returned a man started punching and 23, the resident reported on The 67-year-old victim cops said. a wheelchair belonging to a more than five hours later to kicking him, causing cuts and March 26. • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) told police she was wait- The 33-year-old victim told Fifth Avenue restaurant on find she was short one pas- swelling to his face. • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, The parcel was delivered ing for a subway near Ful- officers he was out making de- March 19. senger-side window. Police said the victim was to the address between Fourth Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) liveries on his Arrow-9 Elec- A do-gooder told cops he brought to the Brooklyn Hos- • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment ton Street around 7 pm when Exit strategy and Fifth avenues, and the ho- the nogoodnik punched her tric bike when he locked it spotted the alleged vandal tag- pital Center and that no ar- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings Cops arrested a man for meowner’s blurry video foot- in the right side of her face up to a rack near Washing- ging the wheelchair outside rests have been made. • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) allegedly punching a secu- age shows the robber grabbing and then fled. ton Avenue around 3 pm. And the diner between Second and • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) rity guard escorting him out Subway brawl the package and taking off, when he came back about 20 Third streets at 11:20 am. 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Slope mama drama! Will your child be 5 by Mom creates dark TV comedy about her own kind December 31, 2018? By Colin Mixson Brooklyn Paper Even television shows are locally sourced in Park Slope! A Slope mom is collecting cash from neighbors to bring % %>Y1a a comedic series she penned about life in the stroller cap- ital of Brooklyn — and the parental utopia’s dark side — Foucard Alexandra to the small screen. “Park Slope Moms” will “Park Slope is very inter- poke fun at the under-   esting in that everything looks belly of Brooklyn’s most pretty and is politically cor- family-friendly hood. rect on the surface, but then you scratch that a little bit on to sit behind the camera, and find it’s not quite what who praised the dark script you thought,” said Alexan- as “wickedly funny.” dra Foucard, who has lived in “I’d never seen mothers the neighborhood since 2002. written like that,” said An- Let your child take flight in a “The show explores the area’s netta Marion, who has di- underbelly, and that’s where rected programs for the Oprah faith-based, caring environment the comedy comes from.” Winfrey Network as well as Foucard’s “Park Slope for ESPN and MTV. Moms” focuses on the exploits And Park Slope itself will of made-up matriarchs who feature as a full-fledged char- serve on the parent-teacher as- acter in the homegrown series, sociation of PS 519 — a fic- the director said, requiring tional elementary school — and the mothers’ struggle for her to bring the neighbor- power within the cutthroat or- hood to life through on-lo- ganization. cation shoots — which will The association’s leader of course include numerous is ferocious lawyer turned tricked-out strollers. stay-at-home mom Carlotta “When I think of Park Fuller-Fowler, a character Slope, I think of those re- whose tyrannical reign as Photo by Jordan Rathkopf ally fancy baby strollers that president leads lesser mem- Park Sloper Alexandra Foucard, right, is raising are like cars,” said Marion, bers down a Machiavellian money to produce a comedic series she wrote who lives on the distant isle path to reclaim their once about motherhood in the neighborhood that will of Manhattan, but once dated stress-free bake sales, ac- feature actresses Zillah Glory, left, and Irene Glezos, a Sloper. cording to the show’s creator, center. Locals who can’t wait for an actress whose resume in- “Park Slope Moms” to debut cludes roles in theater, film, can watch Foucard, Marion, and television. field, who claims to be a gov- gressive infighting will con- and the rest of its creative “She runs the PTA like ernment spy and relentlessly stitute the dark comedy’s ma- minds conduct a table read- she used to run her law of- plots the mom-in-chief’s jor plot line, but the show will ing during an April 9 fund- fice, and the women are so downfall. also skewer plenty of other raiser the crew is hosting to tired of it, they try to do her And although the learning Park Slope clichés — includ- collect money for production To find a school, visit in — literally,” said Foucard, house and its mothers are fig- ing French-language knit- costs, where prizes including a who will play Fuller-Fowler ments of Foucard’s imagina- ting classes, trips down the weekend getaway to Cape Cod www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/schools/find-a-school in the series. tion, powerful Park Slope par- aisles of the local Food Co- will also be doled out. The maniacal president ent-teacher associations are op, and lots of hot yoga, Fou- And if all goes according helms the group comprised anything but, according to card said. to plan, the director hopes to 2018-19 Registration is Open of other characters includ- public-policy watchdog the “Each character has her start filming later this year, in the Catholic academies and parish schools in Queens and Brooklyn ing pill-popping wino Paula Center for American Progress, preferences, but all the char- she said. Osterberg; association under- which last year released a re- acters are constantly in yoga Help fund locally sourced ling Angela Polo, who lives port naming the association at pants,” she said. “That’s what television at Brooklyn Burg- Tuition Assistance Available outside of Park Slope but of- Seventh Avenue’s PS 321 as Park Slope moms wear. I’m lit- ers and Beer [259 Fifth Ave. fers to assist Fuller-Fowler in one of the country’s 50 rich- erally in a pair right now.” between Garfield Place and Apply by April 30, 2018 at www.futuresineducation.org the hope that her hard work est after it netted more than Foucard’s writing is what First Street in Park Slope, will help her to relocate to $1 million in revenue in the attracted the show’s direc- (718) 788–1458, www. Children of all faiths are welcome the coveted enclave; and in- 2013–14 school year. tor to the project, according brooklynburgersandbeer. veterate schemer Nina Stan- The moms’ passive-ag- to the woman who signed com] on April 9 at 7 pm.

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force bikers to merge into car Community News Group / Julianne McShane traffic, putting them at greater The planned Fourth Avenue bike lane will skip a block in Sunset Park, between risk, according to the Ridgite 29th and 30th streets, to accommodate police parking outside of the 72nd who first confronted the city Precinct station house. about the matter. 9LP(JL@K “They’re forcing people to 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< go out and ride in traffic with NYPD vehicles.” Bray added den, who is also the chairman may require officers hopping cars,” said John Tomac. “You that the entire block is “ef- of Transportation Alternatives’ on a subway — or even a bike have this big ambitious plan for fectively a driveway” due to Southwest Brooklyn Activist — and leaving their personal a bike lane that’s going to get hi- the police parking, and thus Committee. “The whole point is cars at home. > AC7BA N<;;@E>G8IK@K8CC›KLO<;FJ9 Bray returned Tomac’s e-mail said the whole purpose of the Hedden said the city needs at Fourth Avenue and 29th and "'' on March 12 and told him it bike lane is defeated if it isn’t to consider other solutions, in- 30th streets, on either end of the was “not feasible” for the bike going to protect pedalers from cluding bringing the Police and block where the agency will no lane to be separated from traf- traffic — even if only on one Transportation Departments longer lay a bike lane. 8 !T]` %# fic by a physical barrier as the block. together to discuss increas- The Police Department C 2 ,0%00 plan outlines “due to the need “It’s a bit of a dicey situa- ing parking options for cops, did not respond to a request AB D3 /@@7 JL@KJ )=FI('' to maintain parking access for tion,” said Ridgite Brian Hed- but added that the real solution for comment. And several attendees spoke a better facility to prepare them >@=;A’E3227<5A’AE33BA7FB33317/:3D3

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Service workers at www.rwdsu.org 8ccjXm`e^jf]]jl^^\jk\[gi`Z\j%8ccd\iZ_Xe[`j\efk`eXccjkfi\j%N_`c\jlggc`\jcXjk% Gi`Z\jmXc`[k_il8gi`c)0#)'(/ PLAY Mama’s boy She’s written a moving comedy! A British-Trinidadian playwright will launch a heartwarming comedy about immigration and messy relationships this weekend. “Mother- in-Law,” opening at the Black Lady Theatre in Bedford-Stuyvesant on April 7, follows undocu- mented immigrant Petra as she prepares to marry her fiance Philo, only to face interference from her soon-to-be mother- in-law. Playwright B. Nandi Jacob said that she rewrote her main character several times in order to make her story more relevant to the current situation with Caribbean immigrants — a subject that is rarely joked about. “She wasn’t always undocumented, but her story is very important to the community, and it (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings April 6–12, 2018 raises the stakes about immigration,” said Jacob. “But I really want people to get a critical story and laugh. I thought it was important enough to highlight while laughing, because my creative arts is always surrounded with laughter and be- ing able to find joy somehow.” Set in a Brownsville apartment, the stage play contrasts the highly educated Petra with her fame-seeking fiance Philo, who Jacob de- scribes as a glorified subway performer. “This guy wants to be Soca star, and he sings on the 4 train and tosses his hat around for money,” she said. Both are Trinidadian, but Petra’s immigra- tion status comes with a lot of setbacks. And when she suspects that her not-quite mother- in-law is plotting to send her back to Trinidad, it puts a great deal of stress on her relationship with Philo, said Jacob. “She is frustrated with him, because to him, his mom can do no wrong,” she said. “But as the plot unfolds, he has to make a choice.” Jacob says mainstream news outlets focus on Mexican and South American immigrants, ig- noring how black and Caribbean immigrants are also affected by the new restrictions, and that her play is a rare chance to learn about a story facing many in the Caribbean community. “In the immigration struggle — we are liter- ally absent from it, but this issue has always been in our community, especially for those who came here and are undocumented,” she said. “And now that immigration has tightened up, there are many undocumented immigrants who are impacted, and going through a marriage like Petra’s. For Carib- bean people, there’s a lot of us who know so many stories like this, and my ultimate goal is to get that message out there — and make people laugh.” “Mother-in-Law” at the Black Lady Theatre [750 Nostrand Ave. between Park and Sterling places in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 771–0900, www.theblackladytheatre.com]. April 7 at 8 pm. $30. — Alexandra Simon

MUSIC Korver Photography You go, yoga goat: The friendly goats will roam the yoga class, bringing peace and goodwill whereever they go, said the owner of Gilbertsville Farmhouse. Young at art Here’s listening to you, kid! A Park Slope piano prodigy will debut three of his original tunes at a concert with the Regina Opera Company this weekend. The Company’s 48th Annual Gala Concert y y g on April 8 will feature a Kid-friendl o a collection of famous arias, Broadway tunes, and the world premiere of three songs from 12-year-old Ju- Stretch out beside baby animals with ‘Goat Yoga’ lian Raheb. The preteen pianist blooms while in By Julianne McShane climb all over the class’s 40 lucky yogis, “It’s an instant icebreaker, an instant front of a keyboard, said Brooklyn Paper Boustani said. way for people to connect with the ani- Regina’s chairwoman. “Goats are natural climbers, and they’re mals but also with each other — as soon “He’s shy except for inally! a lot of fun and very silly,” Boustani said. as the goats come in, it’s instant laughter, when you put him in front Jeff Raheb Bushwick hipsters will soon be able “When you’re in a lot of the yoga posi- smiles, everybody’s just very relaxed,” she of a piano,” said Francine Garber. “The keys fly F to stretch into downward dog pose while tions — on all fours, or the plank pose, or said. “The class itself is a nice escape from off ’cause he’s so skilled.” surrounded by the bleats of adorable baby child’s pose — it’s just a natural activity life for an hour.” Raheb has played piano with Regina before, goats! The owner of an upstate farm will for the goats to jump or climb on you. But Yoga-lovers who do not go for goats have but the concert this Saturday will mark the first bring her “goat yoga” classes to Bushwick they also love interacting with people and plenty of other options in Brooklyn this time the company has performed the work of for a two-month sojourn starting on April cuddling with people.” month. Those who want to stretch and sip the junior composer. 17. She decided to bring the hour-long, Bendy borough-dwellers need not worry booze sans animals can do it at the Gow- His songs include a piano and flute duet, $40 class from Gilbertsville Farmhouse about gruff treatment from the rectangu- anus brewery Strong Rope “beer and broga” which Raheb will play alongside flutist Rich- to the Kings County when she realized lar-eyed animals, who all had their horns class for dudes , happening next on April ard Paratley; a second piece with lyrics taken that goateed Brooklynites were making removed at birth. The bearded beasts will 29 . There are yoga classes for human kids from the Langston Hughes poem “I, too,” with an hours-long trek upstate to get zen with wear doggie diapers to avoid accidents, and in Bay Ridge, sessions set alongside kitties the pint-sized pianist accompanying soprano the animals. a pack of two-legged “goat handlers” will at the Brooklyn Heights Cat Cafe on April Courteney Wilds; and a third, orchestral tune “On the farm, we had a lot of success roam the room to make sure no other ac- 28, and yogis can strike a Warrior pose based on the apocalyptic poem “Fire and Ice” with the class, but we realized a lot of peo- Korver Photography cidents occur, said Boustani. while poets read their work at the Brook- by Robert Frost. Raheb will also play a short ple were coming from the city — they were Just goat with it: A pack of goats will The yoga will consist of beginner’s moves lyn Public library on April 8. piece by Chopin during the concert. driving three-and-a-half hours, coming to make a nearly four-hour journey from that advanced yogis can modify to suit their “New York Goat Yoga Brooklyn Pop- Raheb said he is most excited to hear his song the class, and then driving home,” said Sha- their upstate farm to Bushwick. exercise needs, but Boustani said the real re- Up Studio” (74 Ingraham St. between of ice and fire performed by the company. ron Boustani. “So it just felt like the nat- laxation comes from the happy atmosphere Knickerbocker and Porter avenues “I think the music I wrote really matched the ural thing to do, to bring a little bit of the will take turns traveling from South New the adorable ungulates create — along with in Bushwick, www.nygoatyoga.com). poem,” said Raheb. “When I hear that poem, I farm to Brooklyn.” Berlin, outside of Binghamton, to the Bush- the post-workout happy hour happening ev- Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 17–June can picture it in my mind.” For the greatest of all time yoga ses- wick studio, where the animals will fol- ery other Thursday, with drinks made from 14 at 5 pm and 7 pm. $40 ($50 for hap- The first time he heard Frost’s poem, said Ra- sions, four of the farm’s eight baby goats low their natural instincts to cuddle and Red Hook’s Widow Jane whiskey. py hour class). heb, he was inspired to set it to music. His composi- tions begin with straight-forward tunes, he said. “Usually I think of a simple melody, and then making the flowers before I lands, said Limpert, whose own I harmonize it,” he said. knew about the show — it’s some apartment used to overlook the Garber describes Raheb as a “prodigy,” and kind of synergy,” said Alexan- garden before she moved to Bed- said she was surprised the first time she heard dra Limpert, who lives in Bed- ford-Stuyvesant. his original compositions. ford-Stuyvesant. “The gallery is called the Hol- “I thought it was remarkable a young person Iron plants! Limpert will haul the 30-piece land Tunnel because the owner wrote all that music,” she said. “For a young collection from her studio in and director is Dutch — she did person, his music is quite interesting and me- Gowanus to the Williamsburg that play on words and play on the lodic.” gallery for the exhibition, which shape of the gallery,” she said. She played Raheb’s music for the company’s Natural sculptures on will last through May. Several of The former plant house used orchestra without telling them who wrote it. Limpert’s pieces move — for in- be one of the highlights of the They liked the tunes, she said, and were blown display in Williamsburg stance, viewers can turn a crank artsy Williamsburg neighbor- away when they found out that 12-year-old Ra- to watch the metal eyelids flutter hood, but now it is more like a to- heb was the boy behind the notes. By Julianne Cuba on a human face sculpture titled ken of the past amid the growing Raheb, who credits Chopin and Bach as in- Brooklyn Paper “Oracle,” or to make a butter- development, said Limpert. fluences, developed his songwriting skills with fly’s wings flap, she said. “This gallery is sort of like help from the New York Philharmonic’s Very he’s put the petals to the “I’m going to be showing metal an icon of the artist’s neighbor- Young Composers Program, according to his metal! A Brooklyn artist sculptures — there’s going to be a hood that used to be there. The father Jeff. The younger Raheb dreams of some- S will show off her collection kinetic face that viewers can crank landscape was vastly different day playing solo in that famed concert hall, but of kinetic sculptures inside a plant and it blinks and moves its eyes than it is now, the buildings were said that for now, he is happy to finally showcase shed-turned gallery in Williams- — and a lot of metal flowers and a lot smaller, it wasn’t so popu- his own songs for a Brooklyn audience. burg next weekend. The artist be- lizards on the walls,” said Limp- lated then,” she said. “I like other people hearing my music,” said hind the solo exhibit “Reverie,” ert. “And probably some other ki- “Reverie” at Holland Tunnel Raheb. “I see what I accomplished and all the opening in the tiny Holland Tun- netic work that people can touch: Gallery (between 61 and 59 S. hard work I put into it.” nel Gallery on April 14, said that there will be a mechanical butter- Third St. between Berry Street Regina Opera Company’s 48th Anniversary it is surprisingly fitting that her Moving artist: Artist Alex- fly that opens and closes.” and Wythe Avenue in Williams- Gala Concert at Basilica of Our Lady of Perpet- show of metal flowers and but- andra Limpert will bring her Dutch artist Paulien Lethen burg, (718) 384–5738, www. ual Help school auditorium (5902 Sixth Ave., terflies will be on display in a kinetic sculpture collection opened the narrow backyard gal- hollandtunnelgallery.com]. between 59th and 60th streets in Sunset Park,

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Associated Press / Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke (1027 Flatbush Ave. between Beverly Editor-in-Chief Vince DiMiceli and Deputy Arin Arbus directs this production Road and Tilden Avenue in Flat- of Shakespeare’s late tragicomedy, Bullseye!: The Brooklyn Nets will surge past the Chicago bush), www.kingstheatre.com. Editor Anthony Rotunno every Tuesday at 3:30 which features a jealous king, a miss- Bulls at their April 9 match, the final game of the season at MUSIC, SPRING CONCERT: A concert ing daughter, and a hungry bear. Barclays Center. from pianist Sergio Sandi and clari- $90–$100 ($20 people under 30). net player Adrian Sandi. $10. 7 pm. pm for an hour of talk on topics Brooklynites 7:30 pm. Theatre for a New Audi- St. Andrew the Apostle Church [6713 ence, Polonsky Shakespeare Center COMING SOON TO Ridge Blvd. at Senator Street in Bay hold dear. [262 Ashland Pl. between Fulton Ridge, (718) 680–1010]. Street and Lafayette Avenue in Fort THEATER, “RUN! 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corns are awesome!’ ” he said. The first novel in the planned six- book series, subtitled “The Creature of the Pines,” follows two New Jersey kids, Uchenna and Elliot, and their eccentric social studies teacher on a field trip to the state’s vast Pine Bar- Unicorny story! ren’s landscape, where they encounter — and rescue — the infamous New Jersey Devil from a pair of evil in- Author launches ‘Unicorn Rescue Society’ dustrialists. The book establishes the setting of the books, and sets the tone By Alexandra Simon for the series, said Gidwitz. Brooklyn Paper “This book is the first and it’s def- initely more adventurous, suspense- his book is going to be a mon- ful, and funny,” he said. ster hit! Future books will deal with creatures T A Brooklyn Heights author will from mythology around the world. Gid- launch his new fantasy series about witz wants his readers to appreciate the kids protecting unicorns and other cultures behind the monsters, and so he mystical monsters this weekend, in is collaborating with authors with Na- the trot-up to International Unicorn tive American, Pakistani, Mexican and Photo by Stefano Giovannini Day on April 9. The former teacher Cuban backgrounds, respectively, for Attention must be paid: Director David Herskovits helps the actors of “Pay No behind “The Unicorn Rescue Society” the final four books of the series. Attention to the Girl,” an adaptation of “One Thousand and One Nights,” re- debuting at the Brooklyn Public Li- “I want readers to encounter the hearse for the show’s opening earlier this week. brary’s Central Branch on April 7, said rich and beautiful cultures in the se- he was inspired by two students who ries, so I write the first two books, but were hunting for an action-packed book I’m teaming with authors who iden- that they could still relate to. tify with other cultures for the third, “They were middle grade students GidwitzAdam fourth, fifth, and sixth book,” he said. that wanted novels and books that No myth-take!: Children’s author Adam Gidwitz holds the first “Working with authors who identify two books in his fantasy series “The Unicorn Rescue Society,” and with cultures I’m writing about gives Nights and fi ghts were funny and scary, so I thought ‘What’s a funny adventure series will launch the introductory novel at the Brooklyn Public Library it a really rich feeling.” that I could create for them?’ ” said on April 7. “The Unicorn Rescue Society” Adam Gidwitz. “ ‘Maybe a unicorn release party at the Brooklyn Public Women of Arabia take the stage rescue society?’ — the title came out that the timing of his book launch is hard to find.” Library’s Central Branch [10 Grand of that, and it’s a cool subject that I a coincidence, but he is a big fan of “Any time I had a student that said Army Plaza at Flatbush Avenue, By Julianne McShane single night.” This is the first production wanted to explore.” the horned horses, which he main- they don’t exist, 90 percent of the time (718) 230–2100, www.bklynlibrary. Brooklyn Paper In that frame story, a bit- in the company’s new home, The Newbery-winning author said tains are real — “they’re just very it was a boy, and I’d scream back, ‘Uni- org]. April 7 at 4 pm. Free. ter sultan marries a different a former industrial garage ere, the battle of the sexes woman every night, and mur- called the Doxsee Theater. is a fight to the death! ders her each morning so that After years of shuffling be- in Williamsburg, www. H A Sunset Park the- none of his brides will ever tween performance venues in Horn addiction thendbrooklyn.com). Open ater company has launched have a chance to cheat on him. Williamsburg, Fort Greene, daily, 7 am–8 pm. a multi-year adaptation of the But one clever woman, Sche- and the distant isle of Manhat- Happy Unicorn Day! Yes, finally we have a day to Arabian classic “One Thou- herazade, tells the sultan a tan, Herskovits hopes that its proclaim our love of the magical one-horned steed, Read all about it sand and One Nights” with new story each evening, end- new space, in the diverse nabe best known for curing poison wounds and posing for Carroll Gardens book- a tale focusing on sex, jeal- ing each on a cliff-hanger that of Sunset Park, will help the rainbow Lisa Frank posters. April 9 is National Uni- store Books are Magic will ousy, and betrayal. The di- keeps him coming back for company to settle down and to corn Day in Scotland, which makes it International throw an early Unicorn Day rector of “Pay No Attention more. One set of her stories, reach a wider audience. Unicorn Day here in the Borough of Kings. In addi- event on April 8, featuring to the Girl,” which opened titled “The Craft and Malice “The space itself is raw,” tion to joining the “Unicorn Rescue Society” release two readings related to the on April 2, culled the show of Women,” about a prince he said. “It’ll give us the op- party with Adam Gidwitz on April 7, Brooklynites who enchanting equines! from portions of the centuries- and a concubine who dispute portunity to amplify the work love the mythical, magical beasts can celebrate them Author Kamilla Benko old text that focus on the dy- the details of their sexual li- that we make, to increase its at several spots around town: will read from her mid- namics of gender and power. aison, formed the basis of the engagement with and impact dle grade novel “The Uni- The tome lends itself to this Target Margin show, with the on the community around us Brooklyn Owl [252 Flat- corn Quest,” about a girl portrayal because its protag- cast developing the dialogue by giving us a sort of anchor Toot own horn! bush Ave. between St. searching for her sister in onist is fighting for her life, throughout the rehearsal pro- venue, a sort of identity.” If you need to blend in Marks Avenue and Pros- a magical land, while au- he said. cess, Herskovits said. The show is the first in a with a herd of unicorns, pect Place in Park Slope, thor and illustrator Jessie “We’ve chosen a set of sto- The show was chosen be- series examining “One Thou- you need your own rain- (718) 737–7017, www. Sima shows off her picture ries that are essentially about fore the 2016 election and sand and One Nights.” The bow-colored, sparkly spi- brooklynowl.com]. April book “Not Quite Narwhal,” competing narratives about before the #MeToo moment company plans to stage four ral horn! Fortunately, Park 8–9, noon–5 pm. Free. about a unicorn raised un- the sexes,” said David Her- of reckoning for sexual ha- different interpretations of Slope has a store dedicated Danahy Michelle der the sea by narwhals. skovits, who founded Tar- rassers, but those events have “Sinbad the Sailor” in May, to just that: Brooklyn Owl, Drink up Unicorn lady: Annie Bruce, co-founder of Brook- After the readings, kids get Margin Theater in 1991. imbued the show with even and hopes to dive into some which sells unicorn horns Get a mouthful of color- lyn Owl — a handmade unicorn horn store in and their parents can take “The question of who gets greater significance and ur- of the book’s other stories in of all colors and sizes. This ful stars with a sip of the Park Slope, will throw a two-day celebration of part in a unicorn-related to tell the story, who’s lis- gency, Herskovits said. another production next year, Sunday and Monday, the Unicorn Latte, a warming, the mythical creature on Sunday and Monday, in arts and crafts session. tening to the story, who has “It all was set in motion be- said Herskovits. unicorn horn peddlers at bright blue beverage from honor of International Unicorn Day on April 9. Books are Magic [225 the power, how that gets told fore #MeToo, before Donald “Pay No Attention to the Brooklyn Owl will cele- the End cafe in Williams- Smith St. at Butler Street — that is deeply woven into Trump became president, and Girl” at the Doxsee The- brate Unicorn Day(s) with burg. The drink with multi- other purportedly healthy where it is a real hit. in Carroll Gardens, (718) the entire ‘One Thousand and before Islamophobia kind of ater (232 52nd St. between a small celebration, featur- colored foam is made with ingredients, and it will carry The End (522 Metropoli- 246–2665, www.booksa- One Nights,’ partly because went even further,” he said. Second and Third avenues ing a prize wheel game and ginger, lemon, blue-green you away to a magical land tan Ave. between Union remagic.net]. April 8 at 1 of the frame story — it’s a “We were already rolling in Sunset Park, www.target- some cool giveaways. algae, vanilla bean, and — or at least to Instagram, Avenue and Lorimer Street pm. Free. story about a woman who is down the hill, and things went margin.org). April 6–7, 11–14, talking to save her life every further and faster.” 18–21 at 7:30 pm. $25. 10 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 April 6–12, 2018

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Triskelion Broadway between Bedford FILM, “A COTTAGE ON written material of about other. Free. 8 pm. The Way Confl ict: Landscapes from and Driggs avenues in Wil- DUTCH PARTY: Celebrate and a song parody game three minutes. Free. 8 pm. Station [683 Washington Nelson Mandela’s South Arts [106 Calyer St. between the art and fun of double called “Let’s Get Weird DARTMOOR”: A 1929 Banker Street and Clifford liamsburg, (718) 599–5800], silent-movie noir-ish thriller The Corners (395 Nostrand Ave. between St. Marks Africa.” Free. 6 pm. United www.babysallright.com. Dutching with the National Al!” Free. 8 pm. Pine Box Ave. between Madison and Avenue and Prospect Place Photo Industries Gallery (16 Place in Greenpoint, (718) Double Dutch League Rock Shop [12 Grattan St. that explores jealousy in a 389–3473], www.triskelion- OUTDOORS, OPENING love triangle, with live piano Putnam avenues in Bedford- in Prospect Heights, (718) Main Street, Gallery B, be- on the roof of Brooklyn between Bogart Street and Stuyvesant). 627–4949], www.waysta- tween Plymouth and Water arts.org. WEEKEND PARADE: More Children’s Museum. $11 Morgan Avenue in Bush- accompaniment by Bernie than 1,000 youth league tionbk.com. Streets in Dumbo). COMEDY, UP N’ COMING: museum admission. 11 am. wick, (973) 525–2052], www. Anderson. Free. 12:30 pm. Musical comedy duo Re- players will parade down Brooklyn Children’s Mu- pineboxrockshop.com. Brooklyn Public Library’s MUSIC, TOMI: The Brooklyn ART, A SHOW OF HOPE: A Seventh Avenue in Park MON, APRIL 9 singer-songwriter performs photo exhibit of portraits of formed Whores hosts a seum [145 Brooklyn Ave. at COMEDY, TOKENS R US: An Central branch [10 Grand comedy showcase featuring Slope to the Long Meadow St. Marks Avenue in Crown Army Plaza between East- FUND-RAISER, “PARK SLOPE songs from her upcoming women who reclaimed their ethnically diverse lineup of lives from homelessness Clark Jones, Julia Johns, Ball Fields, where an 1860s- Heights, (718) 735–4400], comedians to share funny ern Parkway and Flatbush MOMS — THE SERIES” SI- album. $10. 10 pm. Baby’s and Sharron Paul. Free. 9 style exhibition game will be www.brooklynkids.org. Avenue in Prospect Heights, LENT AUCTION: The dark All Right [146 Broadway be- and incarceration through stories of what it means to Providence House. Ticket pm. Cobra Club (6 Wyckoff played with the Brooklyn At- ART, NYC TRASH! 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tion bid, before dropping the probe — took full responsibil- ity for violating the city’s ethics codes, and apologized to those Record fi ne for Hynes underlings who bore the brunt of his wrongdoing. “In the midst of a feverishly Ethics board slams former DA for abusing his offi ce contested primary race, I made the mistake of using my city e- By Julianne Cuba opponent Ken Thompson — Eric Gonzalez — with fines mail for campaign-related mat- Brooklyn Paper who won the race, but died from for $6,000, $4,500, $3,000, ters,” he said in a statement. “If cancer just two years into his and $1,000. anyone is to blame for this, it Now he’s the one in trou- should be me alone.” ble. term in 2016. One of the staffers fessed up And on March 23, members to knowingly using her govern- But Hynes’s hefty penalty Ethics watchdogs slapped is a small price to pay com- Brooklyn’s embattled former of the city’s Conflict of Interest ment e-mail to fire off the cam- Board delivered the $40,000 paign’s responses to a Village pared to the millions of dol- top prosecutor with the high- lars taxpayers forked over in fine to Hynes — the panel’s Voice report alleging Hynes est fine ever dealt by the city settlements the city made with biggest penalty of its kind — received donations that influ- for illegal campaign-related people wrongfully convicted activities, after he admitted after investigating hundreds enced the prosecution of a case, under his more than two-de- to abusing his government of his e-mails, according to and to criticism of the former cade tenure. e-mail during a contentious the board. district attorney’s relationship A conviction-review unit 2013 re-election bid he ulti- The largest fine delivered with the disgraced former As- Thompson established in 2014 mately lost. by the watchdog group, for semblyman Vito Lopez , who has since exonerated 24 indi- Former District Attorney $84,000, was issued to for- died in 2015. viduals — about half of whom Charles Hynes, a Flatbush na- mer New York City sheriff Another — who received were convicted before Hynes tive who ran the office from Kerry Katsorhis in 1998, af- the stiffest fine dealt to Hynes’s was first elected — and those 1990 to 2014, sent more than File photo by Elizabeth Graham ter he stood trial for ethics vi- employees — claimed at the decisions resulted in a whop- 5,000 electronic missives to City ethics watchdogs olations, records show. time that he didn’t know using ping $101,903,125 in repara- newspapers, campaign man- slapped former District The Conflict of Interest his municipal account for cam- tions to wrongful-conviction agers, political consultants, do- Attorney Charles Hynes Board also slapped four of paign business was wrong. victims, according to records nors, allies, employees, and a with the largest fine Hynes’s then employees in the Hynes — whom the Feds this newspaper obtained from New York State Supreme Court they’ve ever issued for district attorney’s office — one also investigated in 2014 for Comptroller Scott Stringer’s of- judge from his municipal ac- illegal campaign-related of whom still works as a pros- possibly misusing public funds fice through a Freedom of In- count in an attempt to defeat activities. ecutor under District Attorney to run his failed 2013 re-elec- formation Law request. Ta-da! Magicians share stories of old Coney By Colin Mixson Brooklyn Paper Talk about a magical eve- EXPIRES SOON: ning! A cadre of local conjurers enchanted an audience with SWITCH TO DISH & GET: tricks and tales straight out of Photo by Jason Speakman Photo by Jason Speakman Coney Island’s fabled theme- What’s that in illusionist Richard Cohn’s hands? It’s the Brooklyn Paper, miraculously reassembled! park district, which was once a magic Mecca for both up- Brooklyn Public Library’s Cen- Herb Scher directed the ban- the “Miser’s Dream,” and Cohn broadsheet before their eyes. and-coming and world-fa- tral branch for a March 28 event ter among the panelists — who displayed a series of silk-scarf And even the tricksters re- $50 FREE FREE mous performers, according where the magicians discussed also included the dean of the tricks perfected by the one-time ceived some surprises at the Gift Card! Premium Channels! Installation! to a historian. Coney’s famed wizards of yes- Society of American Magi- publisher of “Magician’s Mag- event, according to Cohn, who (Courtesy of Satellite Deals) for 3 mos. (up to 6 rooms) “The show was very much teryear — including legendary cians, George Schindler, and azine,” Jean Hugard, who also said he was shocked when one about the heritage of the magic escape artist Harry Houdini, Mark Mitton, a sorcerer with performed in Coney and wrote attendee revealed her magical at Coney Island,” said Richard sleight-of-hand expert Dai Ver- tricks featured in films, on “Silken Sorcery,” a book about lineage to him following the Cohn, a student of Kings Coun- non, and Brooklyn-born enter- Broadway, and in Cirque du — you guessed it — silk-scarf ty’s magical past who practices tainer Al Flosso, among oth- Soleil shows — before they tricks. showcase. CALL TODAY! 844-621-4863 the art regularly at the Coney ers — all of whom once graced performed century-old acts The local historian also “When I was a kid, I had a Island Museum. “For a lot of stages at the neighborhood’s that still dazzled the mod- wowed watchers with his magic mentor — a doctor in            Brooklyn — and his grand-        !!"    people, it was a stop on their Luna Park and Dreamland, be- ern-day crowd. sleight of hand when he re- road to fame.” fore a fire burned down that Mitton conjured coins out constructed scraps of a daughter showed up,” he said. Cohn joined a panel of amusement park in 1911. of thin air showing off a stunt print edition of the Brook- “When she said his name, I al- professional tricksters at the Journalist and magician made famous by Flosso called lyn Paper into a fully intact most dropped on the floor.” The free-range kids of Utah h to be as ahead of the should not have to worry about curve as Utah! being second-guessed by au- O That state just passed thorities excessively worried the first-in-the-country Free- 3IZNFT
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Natasha Felix for neglect af- lar sprinkler park without her; lege and author of the Psychol- Because being investigated ter she let three children, aged a Connecticut mom clapped ogy text book used at colleges or even arrested for giving 5, 9, and 11, play in the park into handcuffs when she over- across the country, including kids some old-fashioned, un- next to her home, where she slept and her son, 8, walked to Harvard. He has determined supervised time is now some- could see them from her win- school on his own. And closer that when kids have all their thing parents have to worry dow. She checked on them ev- to home, a dad here in central time structured and super- about, thanks to two recent vised by adults — parents, ery 10 minutes, but a pass- New York was investigated developments: teachers, coaches, and tutors 1. The belief that any time erby thought the kids were for letting his 9-year-old wait — they don’t get a chance to kids are out of their parents’ unsupervised, and called in the car with her 6-year-old develop the skills that make sight, they’re automatically Child Protective Services. (snoozing) brother, while he them healthy, well-adjusted in grave danger. It took two years of fight- ran an errand. adults. Skills like creativity, 2. Cellphones. ing before a state appellate These are not crazy deci- compromise, and problem- Here’s the toxic sce- court overturned the finding sions that endanger kids. Even solving. nario: of neglect. waiting briefly in cars is safe “Nothing we do, no amount A passerby sees a child out- • An Omaha woman taking — kids who die in cars were of toys we buy or ‘quality side on his own. This has be- her niece out of the SUV was forgotten there for hours, not time’ or special training we come so rare, it is like spotting shocked when the wind blew waiting a few minutes while give our children, can com- a lemur escaped from the zoo. the door shut with her keys their parents picked up the pensate for the freedom we So what do they do? and the child inside . The car dry cleaning. (And actually, take away. The things that They whip out their phone locked! The aunt, the girl’s more kids die walking across children learn through their and dial 911. Then they pat mom, and two other rela- parking lots than waiting in own initiatives, in free play, themselves on the back — af- tives frantically tried to open cars, so why do we criminal- cannot be taught in other ter all, they just “saved” a child the door using a hanger and ize the safer of the two alter- ways,” Gray has written. — and off they go. Do they screwdriver, and when they natives?) Parents must be allowed stop and make sure the child couldn’t, they called 911. The As for abduction — the rar- to give that freedom back to is actually okay? Of course cops arrived, broke the win- est of crimes — our crime rate their kids. not! All that matters is that dow, and got the child out, safe today is back to what it was Utah paved the way. Let’s they made the call. They’re and sound. Then they tick- when gas was 29 cents a gal- make New York the next state on a moral high. eted the mom on “suspicion of lon. Back then we didn’t arrest to go Free-Range. What happens next can in- child abuse by neglect.” parents who let their kids walk Lenore Skenazy, president volve anything from a shrug There have been other sto- home from the park. of Let Grow, and founder of by the cops, to a warning to ries of families investigated Decent, loving parents Free-Range Kids. Body found in Gowanus Canal By Julianne Cuba Authorities discovered Harbor Unit transported the diately confirm how long the Brooklyn Paper the victim — who they had “badly decomposed” body with man was submerged in the ca- Cops are investigating after yet to identify by press time duct tape covering its mouth nal, or what other trauma he they lifted a dead man’s corpse on Wednesday — floating to Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge may have suffered. from the toxic Gowanus Ca- in the channel near Nev- Park, where paramedics pro- The city’s medical exam- nal early on the morning of ins Street around 7 am, be- nounced the man dead. iner will determine the cause of April 3. fore the Police Department’s Officers could not imme- death, according to police.

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